Question about sponge cleaner

Dear everyone,

Dear GeneralSpecific,
No need to mock.
Thanks.

I have had the Yasaka Fukuda rubber wiper for years now and i clean my rubbers once at the end of the training session (usually once a week). It held up pretty well with minimal tearing. Its black but when it gets dirty i rinse it under tap water.

Edited by DreiZ - 04/04/2017 at 1:31pm

Look under important notes on zeropong page https://www.zeropong.com/rubber-care-installation-ezp-2

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fatt wrote: this has been my favorite sponge for a long time: http://www.paddlepalace.com/Nittaku-Clean-Sponge/productinfo/ENSPO/ I do not use the harder side. Every once in a while, I clean it with soap and hot water. (as a side note, I just have water and a bit of bleach in that recycled spray bottle of rubber cleaner.)

You would be better off using the hard side as it would be much less abrasive even if you use foam or liquid cleaner, compared to the porous foam side.  These are the worse kind to use.....they are a little abrasive.   Those are just like the Butterfly ones and other various labeled tt companies with 2 different sides. 

The best are the synthetic soft sponge types.  Yinhe/Galaxy always had them in the past...now you can find various Chinese companies named on them..usually you can find them at eacheng.com i recall. 






Edited by Rich215 - 04/04/2017 at 7:57pm

For me damp leather chamois (Kanebo or 3M) works very well. When it gets dirty I just wash it with a bit of liquid soap.

Natural sponges get dirtier and dirtier so the sponges need to be replaced at least once per week. If you use sponges to clean super dirty place, you may need to replace it after use immediately. There is no way to clean sponges thoroughly as well as make the sponges look like a new one. Other types of sponges like silicone sponge which won't absorb water and dirt liquid might be easier to clean than natural sponges. 

I can't find the meaning of the rubber cleaners myself. This is the best way to clean the rubbers as MLfan mentioned it. If you don't believe it, just watch a full pro match. If it is would making any difference the pro players would of use it too. The rubbers are getting dirty very quickly, there is no way going to the side - get your rubber cleaner kit out and just clean it every 6 points doing the match. I watch some high lever table tennis and I never seen anybody clean there rubbers like that. I don't think it will add life to your rubber too.

Edited by DreiZ - 05/16/2018 at 5:40pm